People v. Fotiou
Decision Date | 24 April 2007 |
Docket Number | 2004-10298.,2004-10287. |
Citation | 2007 NY Slip Op 03715,39 A.D.3d 877,834 N.Y.S.2d 319 |
Parties | THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KAREN FOTIOU, Appellant. |
Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.
The defendant's challenge to the Sandoval ruling (see People v Sandoval, 34 NY2d 371 [1974]) is without merit. The court providently exercised its discretion in permitting inquiry into two of the defendant's three prior convictions, and in allowing questioning as to the underlying facts of one of those two convictions (see People v Hayes, 97 NY2d 203, 207 [2002]; People v Williams, 24 AD3d 882, 883 [2005]; People v Hallingquest, 295 AD2d 364 [2002]). The court struck an appropriate balance between the probative value of the defendant's prior convictions on the issue of her credibility and the possible prejudice to her (see People v Lewis, 31 AD3d 788, 789 [2006]; People v Celleri, 29 AD3d 707 [2006]). The mere fact that the prior convictions into which inquiry was permitted was similar or even identical in nature to the instant offenses did not warrant their preclusion (see People v Dahlbender, 23 AD3d 493, 494 [2005]; People v Pender, 221 AD2d 573 [1995]; People v Torres, 110 AD2d 794, 795 [1985]), and the defendant is not shielded from impeachment because she specializes in one type of criminal activity (see People v Pavao, 59 NY2d 282, 292 [1983]; People v Louisias, 29 AD3d 1017, 1020 [2006]; People v Malave, 288 AD2d 237 [2001]). The prior offenses bore directly upon the defendant's veracity and willingness to place her interests above those of society (see People v McLaurin, 33 AD3d 819 [2006]; People v Quiller, 298 AD2d 712, 713 [2002]). Finally, the fact that some of the convictions were about 10 to 20 years old does not, in and of itself, require preclusion of those...
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